What is critical reading?



Critical readers

Identifying and evaluating the main idea



The critical reading is dissection the ideas and conclude if we want them or not.In order to resolve ideas. The best readers starts with elicitation the main ideas. If the reader find the main words in the task thats mean he understand the writer think. Critical readers also estimate the main idea by requesting questions.Does the main idea show important ? Does it show reasonable? Does it award for other opinion?Does the writer pressed that this opinion is the only standing?If the main idea does not show necessary or believable,Critical readers backup the writer ideas.

Examining support for the main idea

Studies encourage for the main idea.

Starting with the author uses to support main idea such as facts , examples, experience and view . There are two key questions that the reader ask for, Firstly Is the evidence is enough? Because the reader decides from the author provides . Secondly,Dose the evidence seem accurate? Because they want to be reliable.





Analyzing the presentation of evidence

Critical reading reaches the reader to notice faults in author’s thoughts. Misunderstanding the author’s support and his/her thoughts. Such as she/he could use circular reasoning. In easily repetition the main idea in another words without any evidence to be supported. However, a red herring is reports, it can control the reader away from the problem. Lastly, the writer can make a quick generalization.


Different ways of saying the same thing.

The critical reading is dissection the ideas and conclude if we want them or not. In order to resolve ideas
Critical reading means discussing ideas and deciding if we want them or not, in order to resolve ideas.

The best readers starts with elicitation the main ideas.
Readers who start with eliciting the main ideas are the most effective


If the reader find the main words in the task that means he understand the writer think.
Readers who find the key words in the task understand the thoughts of the writer.

Critical readers also estimate the main idea by asking questions.
Asking questions contributes to the reader estimating the main idea.